What does hosticide mean?
Hosticide means The act of killing an enemy..
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/ˈhɒstɪsaɪd/ · noun
The act of killing an enemy..
VVith vinegar make ſpear the ſpoil divide, And lancepreſado be to hoſticide:
how can I be safe when so many are privy to our hosticide, as your Lordship terms the death of Overbury.
Oh let me in, or witness suicide, Or see me turn on thee a hosticide!
For the argument that Milton advocated not regicide but tyrannicide and hosticide, see also Dzelzainis, 'Milton and the Regicide'.
I was curious about the fate of Ras Mikael who came to the palace of lyoas as a guest and committed the hosticide.
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Hosticide means The act of killing an enemy..
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VVith vinegar make ſpear the ſpoil divide, And lancepreſado be to hoſticide:
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